侯 - marquis, lord, daimyo

marquis; marquess

marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility

the king and his feudal lords

princes and marquises; great feudal lords

wooden target holder (in archery)

high status does not depend on birth; every man can achieve great power if he exerts himself

nobles; feudal lords

many daimyo

local ruler

native state (of pre-independence India); princely state

royalty and titled nobility

duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)